The Financial Conduct Authority is stepping up its work on AI in financial services. The results of its recent AI Sprint show how...

The UK Government has released draft legislation for regulating cryptoassets. The legislation defines the scope of which assets and...

The Bank of England is closely monitoring the implications of how artificial intelligence is used in financial services. In a new report...

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre recently published its Cyber Governance Code of Practice, an important new tool to bolster cyber...

The European Commission wants to hear about obstacles to financial market integration. As part of the EU’s new Savings & Investment Union...

The FCA is exploring a more “outcomes-based” approach to regulating retail payments. It is reconsidering current limits on contactless...

In a relatively rare crypto-related decision notice, the Financial Conduct Authority has chosen not to register a cryptoasset exchange...

The UK Government has released a cross-sectoral Action Plan for regulation. Building on the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech, the plan...

Alastair Holt and Simon Treacy have co-authored the UK chapter for GLI’s Banking Regulation 2025. Banks entered the year facing an...

Even though the Digital Operational Resilience Act started to apply in January, some parts of the DORA regulatory framework have not yet...

  Come and join us for a half-day Spring Outlook conference (register here) on 19 March in our Linklaters London Office where we will be...

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have provided a roadmap to move forward with designating critical ICT third-party service...

Strategic partnerships or alliances are on the rise in the payments and fintech space and in recent weeks we have seen traditional banks...

As part of its omnibus act on urgent legislation in the financial sector, the German legislator has changed the safeguarding rules  for...

The European Commission has issued guidance on what systems are artificial intelligence under the EU’s AI Act. Understanding the scope of...

Two years ago the European Commission proposed regulating how financial data is shared within the EU. Earlier this week reports suggested...